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goblet

Object NameGoblet

Manufacturer Glashütte Lauenstein am Osterwald

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1750

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 24.2 cm; D (rim): 9.3 cm, (foot): 10.8 cm

Accession Number79.3.1088

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Place Made

Germany, probably Lauenstein

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Ovoid bowl, engraved elaborate frame of foliate scrolls, enclosing two men, dressed in armor, one crowned, shaking hands; inscribed above "Hier Komt ein treuer Freund, von arth Wie Jonathan/Wilt du sein David sein, so nim den deckel an.."; inscribed on the reverse: "So Sey der Freundschaffts Bund/mit diesen Trunck geschlossen/Es lebel Sie und Ich/nebst allen Bunds Genossen"; base of bowl solid enclosing six air beads, arranged as a ring of five around one; cut rounded panels in ascending and descending lengths on the base of the bowl; stem composed of a faceted ball knop containing a large air bubble, over a faceted and paneled inverted baluster containing an elongated air bubble; domed and folded foot with a ring of oblong facets on top; ground pontil mark.
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